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WhatsApp

Who runs WhatsApp, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest instant messaging alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Part of whatsapp.net
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
–
Closest alternative
Viber

Measured from WhatsApp’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs WhatsApp

WhatsApp whatsapp.com

Use WhatsApp Messenger to stay in touch with friends and family. WhatsApp is free and offers simple, secure, reliable messaging and calling, available on phones all over the world.

Wikidata: Meta Platforms-owned mobile instant messenger and social media service

Company
No imprint we could read
Part of
whatsapp.net Runs this domain’s DNS
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What WhatsApp tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

trackers that follow visitors

None of the 19 alternatives below has fewer; 9 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found

We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on WhatsApp’s homepage.

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to WhatsApp

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to WhatsApp, thumbs down if it isn’t.

No ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

1 of the 60 sites closest to WhatsApp matches.

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    Slack slack.com Top 1K English EU-registeredFree plan 1 tracker

    Slack | AI Work Platform & Productivity Tools

    Boost productivity and save time with Slack‌ — ‌the AI work platform for managing projects, automating workflows, and connecting teams securely. Start working smarter today.

    Compare Slack with WhatsApp →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles WhatsApp’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones WhatsApp uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

What changed

Price and policy history →

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what WhatsApp adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack and search numbers · 7 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,217
Vector
384-d
Query
40 ms

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